{"id":1173662,"date":"2022-08-11T01:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T01:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/11\/cas-grants-stay-on-gfa-ban-on-21-players-involved-in-ashgold-v-inter-allies-match-fixing\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T01:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T01:19:13","slug":"cas-grants-stay-on-gfa-ban-on-21-players-involved-in-ashgold-v-inter-allies-match-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/11\/cas-grants-stay-on-gfa-ban-on-21-players-involved-in-ashgold-v-inter-allies-match-fixing\/","title":{"rendered":"CAS grants stay on GFA ban on 21 players involved in AshGold v Inter Allies match fixing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"CAS grants stay on GFA ban on 21 players involved in AshGold v Inter Allies match fixing\" title=\"CAS grants stay on GFA ban on 21 players involved in AshGold v Inter Allies match fixing\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted a \u2018stay\u2019 on the 21 players who were handed a ban by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for their involvement in the match-fixing during the 2020\/21 Ghana Premier League game between AshantiGold and Inter Allies.<\/p>\n<p>The players were sanctioned by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana FA as they were found guilty of manipulating the results of the match day 34 encounter two seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>Following the decision to ban them, the Professional Football Association of Ghana (PFAG) appealed to CAS through the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro) to overturn the decision.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8Breaking: Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted a \u201cstay\u201d on the GFA ban placed on 21 players as they were found guilty of match-fixing.<\/p>\n<p>This means the ban has not been lifted, but the players can be registered for coming football season while case is heard.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoySports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoySports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x41pIFUIpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/x41pIFUIpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffe Fent is here #NewSigning (@JoySportsGH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoySportsGH\/status\/1557389206175076352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the latest development, CAS has asked the players involved to proceed o register for the upcoming season pending the final determination of the appeal filed by FIFPro.<\/p>\n<p>The decision also allows the players to be registered by their respective clubs for the 2022\/23 football season. They can also play competitive football while the case is heard and determined by CAS.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the relevant page in the CAS ruling. <\/p>\n<p>Order 2 says the decision from the GFA is stayed. <\/p>\n<p>3. &#8220;The suspension imposed on [the 21 players] is lifted with immediate effect&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoySports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoySports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i1h94zL2mx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/i1h94zL2mx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyalsmith\/status\/1557390084500062211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Richmond Lamptey, however, is excluded from this directive as the Asante Kotoko midfielder was not part of the 21 players listed by FIFPro in their appeal.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted a \u2018stay\u2019 on the 21 players who were handed a ban by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for their involvement in the match-fixing during the 2020\/21 Ghana Premier League game between AshantiGold and Inter Allies. 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